Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT User Manual page 29

8) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s
standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The Intel
RAID 5, and RAID 10. Refer to Chapter 3, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring
a RAID array.
9) GSATA3 6/7 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Marvell
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA
1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The Marvell
0 and RAID 1. Refer to Chapter 3, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID
array.
• A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard drives
are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.
• A RAID 5 configuration requires at least three hard drives. (The total number of hard drives does
not have to be an even number.)
• A RAID 10 configuration requires four hard drives.
• To enable hot-plugging for the SATA ports, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Peripherals\SATA
Configuration," for more information.
• SATA Express and SATA3 4/5 connectors can only be used one at a time.
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Pin No. Definition
1 GND
3 2
2 TXP
5 4
3 TXN
1
4 GND
1
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
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chip supports RAID
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Pin No. Definition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
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